The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting comments on the 2023 home health proposed rule, which are due no later than 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.

Federal agencies recognize an individual's or organization's desire to express support or opposition to a proposed action. A single, well-supported comment may be more persuasive than a thousand form letters, but we understand you are busy and might not have time to go through the 175-page proposal in its entirety.

HCAF has developed a template for Medicare providers to customize based on their experience. Federal agencies must review the form letter, such as the one we developed, in order to add any additional comments that illustrate the potential impact of the proposed rule in a real-world context. Please replace the red bracketed text with insight into how you believe the proposal will affect your agency before submitting your comments.

Click here to download and customize the template. The template focuses on the proposed payment reductions and changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model (HHVBP). For a detailed analysis of the proposed rule that might be useful to your comments, click here.

Comments must be submitted in one of the following ways:

• Electronically: You may submit electronic comments via the Federal Register website by clicking here and following the "Submit a comment" instructions.
• By Mail: You may send comments by regular mail to the following address only. Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1766-P
P.O. Box 8013
Baltimore, MD 21244-8013

• By Express or Overnight Mail: You may expedite comments by mail to the following address only.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1766-P
Mail Stop C4-26-05
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850